Benue-Plateau State
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Benue-Plateau State was a former administrative region in central Nigeria that existed from 1967 until it was split in 1976 into Benue and Plateau States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benue-Plateau State canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3509520 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benue-Plateau State Context triple: [Benue State, createdFrom, Benue-Plateau State]
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A.
Benue State
Benue State is a predominantly agricultural state in central Nigeria, often called the "Food Basket of the Nation" for its major role in the country’s crop production.
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B.
Niger State
Niger State is a large, predominantly agricultural state in central Nigeria, known for the Kainji Dam, Gurara Falls, and its role as a major power-generating region.
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C.
Plateau State
Plateau State is a centrally located Nigerian state known for its cool climate, scenic highlands, and diverse ethnic communities.
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D.
Cross River State
Cross River State is a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria known for its rich biodiversity, rainforest reserves, and the city of Calabar, a major cultural and tourism hub.
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E.
Bauchi State
Bauchi State is a largely agrarian and culturally diverse state in northeastern Nigeria, known for its savanna landscapes and historical significance in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benue-Plateau State Target entity description: Benue-Plateau State was a former administrative region in central Nigeria that existed from 1967 until it was split in 1976 into Benue and Plateau States.
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A.
Benue State
Benue State is a predominantly agricultural state in central Nigeria, often called the "Food Basket of the Nation" for its major role in the country’s crop production.
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B.
Niger State
Niger State is a large, predominantly agricultural state in central Nigeria, known for the Kainji Dam, Gurara Falls, and its role as a major power-generating region.
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C.
Plateau State
Plateau State is a centrally located Nigerian state known for its cool climate, scenic highlands, and diverse ethnic communities.
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D.
Cross River State
Cross River State is a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria known for its rich biodiversity, rainforest reserves, and the city of Calabar, a major cultural and tourism hub.
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E.
Bauchi State
Bauchi State is a largely agrarian and culturally diverse state in northeastern Nigeria, known for its savanna landscapes and historical significance in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative region
ⓘ
former state of Nigeria ⓘ |
| borderedBy | North-Central Nigerian states (post-creation context) ⓘ |
| capital | Jos ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| createdFrom |
Northern Region, Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Region of Nigeria
|
| currency |
Nigerian naira
ⓘ
Nigerian pound ⓘ |
| dateAbolished | 1976-02-03 ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1967-05-27 ⓘ |
| federalUnitOf |
Federal Republic of Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Nigeria
|
| governmentType | state government within federal republic ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEra | post-colonial Nigeria ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Nigeria ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Benue River
ⓘ
Jos Plateau ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
12-state structure of Nigeria (1967–1976)
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Military Government of Nigeria
|
| reasonForDissolution | state creation and reorganization in Nigeria in 1976 ⓘ |
| splitInto |
Benue State
ⓘ
Plateau State ⓘ |
| successor |
Benue State
ⓘ
Plateau State ⓘ |
| yearAbolished | 1976 ⓘ |
| yearEstablished | 1967 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Benue-Plateau State Description of subject: Benue-Plateau State was a former administrative region in central Nigeria that existed from 1967 until it was split in 1976 into Benue and Plateau States.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.